ciboule en poudre, Winterzwiebelpulver, cebolleta en polvo, Allium fistulosum

You can see from the photo of the onion stems just how big the plants had grown – too big to eat as they were. There were two choices: use them for stock, or dry and grind them. The latter it was.

The leaves were chopped into rings and dried in the dehydrator set at 50oC. How long did it take? I didn’t time it, but most of the day. The stems weren’t only thick as, but also very glutinous.

Once finished, they went into the blender and whizzed until ground. The powder is still good after a month or so of storage, and the smell is still quite pungent. Great for soups and stews, and also replacing the package full of salt and other things that comes with instant noodles.

I shall definitely be doing some more, as the bunch I cut back now doesn’t look as though it was trimmed in the first place. We grow ’em big ‘ere!